Developer: Daniel dominguez & saied joleini
Category: Medical
PeKemecum is a clinical utility application aimed mainly at Primary and Rural Care Family Physicians. It is a drug dosage calculator in pediatric age. It is a tool to help the professional, which reduces possible errors and the time it takes to calculate the dose. The pediatric therapeutic needs of the Family Physician in Primary Care differ greatly in relation to those in Hospital Care. PeKemecum is the ideal tool for the extra-hospital setting. Among its main advantages are: - Adaptation of the doses to the real needs of the consultation. - Simplification of the calculation. - Possibility of calculation both by weight and by age. - Simultaneous calculation of all commercial presentations of the active ingredient on the market. - Additional information on each drug. - Great ease of use and very intuitive. The most used active ingredients in the Pediatric Care consultation have been included. For its development, it has been based on the information collected from the technical data sheet of each drug and on the guidelines published by the different Pediatric Associations and hospital centers of national reference. The data used in PeKemecum are the result of the greatest consensus offered between the different sources of information. PeKemecum should only be used by personnel with sufficient knowledge and training to prescribe treatments. The authors are not responsible for the consequences suffered by inadvertent errors or by the incorrect use of the application that could be made. The user is ultimately responsible for the prescription. In case of any doubt, it is recommended to consult the technical sheet in the link indicated in About PeKemecum.
